Safety-clasp



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

FRANK ARMSTRONG, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SAFETY-C LAS P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,515, dated July 19,-1881.

' Application led March 9, 1881. (No model.)

.the'accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

the loop, as seen in broken lilies; then the 4 hook may be engaged with whatever it is desired to attach it. i

As a convenient means for preventing the sleeve g from being forced from the body, I

turn the end i of the side e inward, as indicated 4 in broken lines, Fig. l, and then, after the sleeve has been placed over the said end, Iset the two sides of the metal of the sleeve inward, as at fn, and asnseen in Fig.3, so that the part l of the sleeve so set will strike against the end 5 t Figure 1, a side view; Figs.2 and 3, transi at the side c as a stop. l verse sections. While I prefer to make the body, loop, and This invention relates to an improvement hook of wire, it will be evident that it may be 15 in that class of clasps which are designed for made from cast metal, and also that the sleeve stocking-supporters and like purposes, and g may be otherwise stopped. 5 which make an engagement by means of a While designed as a clasp for the puIDOSespointed hook; and the invention consists inthe construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

I take a single piece of Wire of the required length and point one end, a, and from that end,

bent to form a hook, b, continuing the side c opposite the hook straight a distance accorciing to the length of the clasp desired '5 then, bent to form the attaching-loop d, and returned toward the pointof the hook, forming a side, e, opposite to and parallel with the side c, and so as to leave a space or mouth, f, between the two ends, and through which mouth engagement may be made with the hook b. Over the hook end I pass a sleeve, g, made of sheet metal, and so as to slide freely on the body toward and from the hook end. Between the sleeve and the loop d, I place a spring, h,which.

' ward and so as to inclose the point of the hook a., and as seen in Fig. 1.

To open the hook, press the sleeve toward of wearing-apparel, it will be evident that the device may be used for other purposes-as, for instance, snap-hooks.

I am aware that it is not new to arrange a t sleeve upon the body of a hook-clasp to close the month of the hook and also engage the end of the hook, and therefore do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming such Idevice.

I claim- The herein-described safety-clasp, consisting ot the loop d, parallel sides c c, extending from` said loop, the one terminating in the pointed -hook b, the other shorter, so as to form `themouth f, the sleeve g, arranged to slide on said parallel sides, and the spring h, all substantially as described.

FRANK ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses:

CEAS. H. AEMsTRoNe,

NATHANIEL W. VANDEGEIFT. 

